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Abortion is not a procedure most women undergo casually. It is something you are driven to in desperation, when the alternatives seem too awful to contemplate. Yet, ironically, the very act meant to produce relief, in the long run, often produces its own special brand of agony. If you are suffering from the effects of an abortion, you can Get Help Here.

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Unplanned Pregnancy Options

What are the 3 options a woman faces in a crisis pregnancy?
... Adoption, Abortion, and Parenting

• Decisions you can live with should be based on facts, not opinions.
• More than 80 teenage girls find out that they are pregnant every HOUR in the US.
• 1 in 4 or 25% of every sexually active Caucasian high school student is already infected with an STI.
• 1 in 2 or 50% of every sexually active African American high school student is already infected with an STI.
• Sexually transmitted diseases can cause sterility in girls.

  Option #1 — Parenting

• Nearly 80% of teen moms will end up on Welfare.
• The cost to the American taxpayer for children raised in fatherless homes was $9.1 Billion in 2007.
• Less than 5% of teen dads stay in contact with their girlfriend/child after the child’s first birthday.
• 60% of teen moms do not graduate from high school.
• Of all of the prisoners in any prison in the US, 80% came from fatherless homes.
• The Father is the #1 influence in a child’s life.

  Option #2 — Abortion

• There are 1.2 million abortions performed each year in the US.
• Since 1973, there have been over 50 million abortions.
• A heart beat can be detected at 18-22 days after conception.
• Brain waves can be detected at 40 days after conception.
• All major organs and body parts are present at 8 weeks of development.
• Fetus—a Latin term for “offspring” or “young”.
• It does not mean blob of flesh or tissue.
• 90% of women who see an ultrasound will NOT go through with an abortion.
• There are 2 basic types of abortions—Surgical and Chemical
• Life begins at conception.

  Option # 3—Adoption

• There are 2 million couples waiting to adopt a baby.
• Less than 1% of unplanned pregnancies end with an adoption plan.
• If 1 of every 10 women seeking an abortion would choose adoption, then there would be 120,000 children placed with adoptive families. There would NOT be any unwanted children. T
• here are 3 types of adoptions—Open, Semi-Open, and Confidential
• In adoption, ALL decisions are made by the birthparents.

  Positive Adoption Language

• Don’t Use—”Real Parents” Instead Use—”Birth or Biological Parents”
• Don’t Use—”Gave Up or Put Up” Instead Use—”Make an Adoption Plan or Choose Adoption”
• Don’t Use—”Keeping It” Instead Use—”Parenting”